Leadership

Don and his wife, Phyllis, arrived in Charleston on June 29th. East Harrison Street is the 7th church  they've served as an interim pastor. Don grew up in central Illinois, and his first three pastorates were in Illinois.  He pastored in NE Indiana ten years and then served 20 years as Global Reach Director at the denominational office in Findlay, OH. His ministry training includes degrees from Lincoln Christian University, Olivet Nazarene University, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, and Columbia International University. Don & Phyllis have two married sons and four grandchildren.

Chris served as the Administrative Pastor January 2023-July 2024.  He previously served as Director of Youth from February 2019-December 2022.  He received his Local Pastoral License in 2020 from the Midwest Region Conference as well as a Certificate in Ministry from Liberty University.  He and his wife, Judy, have attended EHSCOG since approximately 2007.  He has a passion to share the love of Christ with the congregation at our church as well as those in  the community.  Chris & Judy have two married children and four grandchildren.

Jonathon currently serves as the church custodian. He has been  serving  this church since 2014.  Jonathon  provides East Harrison Street Church of God a clean and safe environment to worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Jonathon is always happy to help and can be reached through the Church Office or by clicking the email link below.

Nita has served as our Youth Assistant for approximately two years.